London Euston Railway Station (London)

United Kingdom / England / London / A501 Euston Road
The London terminus of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) - express trains to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow depart from here, as do the overnight trains to Scotland. Commuter services as far as Milton Keynes and Northampton depart from here also, as well as the London Overground to Watford.

This is the second Euston station to stand on this site - the 1830s original was controversially demolished in the mid 1960s and rebuilt to a design by BR's own faceless architects in collaboration with that rather more famous London vandal - Sir Richard Seifert. The intention was to symbolise the electrification of the WCML with a new glass and concrete structure. The 1960s building has never been popular with either the public or architectural critics, and is frequently derided as one of the worst main line stations in Britain - topped only by Birmingham New Street. The trainshed is particularly grim, which has the same ambience as a multi-storey car park largely due to the large (and largely redundant) Royal Mail parcels depot that is built over the top of it.

Various schemes to replace it have been touted, but none has hitherto managed to get off the drawing board. A stay of execution was granted in September 2011, when it was announced that Network Rail was forced to overhaul its original plan after Euston was selected as the terminus for the controversial High Speed 2. With these plans not due to become reality until 2026, it appears that the existing station will be with us for a long time yet!

However, it has been recently redeveloped to move the shops out to the bleak and windswept plaza at the front, which have been repaved.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/EUS.html

In this building

  1. Tie Rack
  2. Bagel Factory
  3. Boots
  4. Burger King
  5. Caffé Nero
  6. Camden Food Co.
  7. Costa Coffee
  8. Doric Arch pub
  9. ICE
  10. Nando's
  11. Pret a Manger
  12. Alstom London Euston Traincare Point
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euston_railway_station
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Coordinates:   51°31'44"N   -0°8'4"E

Comments

  • Hulking 1960s terminus of the busiest railway line in the UK, and the main station for services to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, all provided by Virgin trains, and more suburban and local services by Silverlink. Original Victorian station was famous for its stone arch. The current building is not the last word in 'Visual appeal' but customer satisfaction is surprisingly high.
  • There are redevelopment plans for the concourse and will include 3 new platforms.
  • In actual fact it's the "Busiest Inter-City Line" in the UK. The busiest railway line is actually at Clapham Junction.
  • Euston Station Details from Network Rail's website: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/819.aspx
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